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What have you achieved from getting diagnosed?

Kitsune

I was diagnosed with ASD (Aspergers) in December of last year and the last week or so have been feeling a bit despondent about it. I spent a few years prior to assessment and diagnosis focused on analysing my life and getting the diagnosis, like somehow getting a diagnosis would ‘fix’ me. Since diagnosis I’ve thrown myself into ‘being autistic’ and I spend a lot of time socialising with other autistic people which works well actually. But I can’t help feeling that I haven’t really achieved anything by getting a diagnosis, it might explain why I am the way I am but it doesn’t change anything, it doesn’t change me, it doesn’t make me any less weird! I’m just the same person that I’ve always been, life carries on regardless!

So I just wondered, what do other people think that they have achieved from getting a diagnosis?

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  • Don't be hard on yourself! And you are NOT weird, just unique. Being diagnosed gives others the opportunity to be able to understand why you are the way you are. I knew that I was different somehow i.e. I didn't fit in with my peers at school and I didn't follow the crowd. And some very nasty people took advantage of my, for lack of a better term, difference and teased me relentlessly. By getting a diagnosis, I believe that I now potential employers will understand why I am, the way I am in interviews and so will give me a more fair chance to gain employment.

    I hope I have given a good answer!

  • in reply to CaliforniaDreamer95

    Thanks! I'm not being hard on myself, more just wondering what, if anything, I'm supposed to do next. It is good that both myself and others have a better understanding of why I am how I am. I've always known that I am different, now I know why. I'm really sorry to hear that people took advantage of you! That was very mean of them! I hope that they're not still doing so? Good luck with gaining employment. What type of job do you want to do? Your answer is good :-)

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  • in reply to CaliforniaDreamer95

    Thanks! I'm not being hard on myself, more just wondering what, if anything, I'm supposed to do next. It is good that both myself and others have a better understanding of why I am how I am. I've always known that I am different, now I know why. I'm really sorry to hear that people took advantage of you! That was very mean of them! I hope that they're not still doing so? Good luck with gaining employment. What type of job do you want to do? Your answer is good :-)

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